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Lantana-C 'or chorus Association. It is in such soil that the cocoanut palm par- 

 ticularly nourishes. Here grow Lantana crocea Jacq., Lantana involucrata 

 L., Cor chorus hirsutus L., Baccharis dioica VahL, Solanum havanense Jacq., 

 Bumelia loranthifolia (Pierre) Britton, Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl) 

 Britton, Acacia choriophylla Benth., Chrysobalanus icaco L., Chrysobalanus 

 fellocarpus Meyer, and the vines Jacquemontia jamaicensis (Jacq.) Hall., 

 and a species of Clitoria. The east shore of the island is also sandy, and 

 here were some low dunes covered with a scrubby growth. At places where 

 these .dunes were being encroached upon by the sea, the long, deep roots of 

 Pithecolobium Jceyense Britton, Eritlialis fruticosa L., Torrubia longifolia 

 (Heimerl) Britton, Coccolobis uvifera (L.) Jacq., and Jacquinia keyense 

 Mez were exposed. Other plants of the dunes were Corchorus hirsutus L., 

 Coccothrinax jucunda Sarg., Sccevola plumieri VahL, Ambrosia Jiispida 

 Pursh, Uniola paniculata L., and Suriana maritima L. These dunes were 

 about 10 feet in height, being the only ones of any consequence seen except 

 those at Governors Harbor, Eleuthera. 



A visit of a few hours was made to the mainland of Eleuthera opposite 

 George Island. Here a fine grove of cocoanut palms occupied a sandy 

 inlet on the rocky shore. Among the cocoanuts the undergrowth was princi- 

 pally Corchorus with a little Lantana, Euphorbia (Horse bean), etc. On the 

 rocks behind this sand inlet was a low coppice of Sideroxylon mastichoden- 

 dron Jacq., Fagara fagara (L.) Small, Coccolobis laurifolia Jacq., Torrubia 

 longifolia (Heimerl) Britton, Amyris elemifera L., and Bursera simaruba 

 (L.) Sarg. Among these a few plants of Opuntia tuna Mill, were seen. No 

 poison-wood was found either here or on George Island, while Byrsonima 

 lucida (Sw.) DC. (Sweet margaret) and Duranda plumieri Jacq. (Wild 

 bittersweet) were not noticed at any place on Eleuthera. 



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GREGORY TOWN, ELEUTHERA. 



At this point the coast is rocky and precipitate on both sides of the 

 island. From shore to shore the distance is about 3 miles, and near the 

 eastern side the country is cut by a number of irregular ridges extending 

 north and south. Landing at Gregory Town on the west side, we went 

 across the island, passing first through pineapple fields on red soil behind 

 the town. These fields were infested with the Leuccena glauca (L.) Benth. 

 (Jumby bean), which is often a troublesome weed in such situations. Pass- 

 ing the pineapples, we ascended the slope of a high ridge which was covered 



